Six Apart wants me to get excited about this:

Today, Microsoft is making some of their biggest announcements ever — if you’re even remotely interested in technology news, you’re going to hear about the launch of Windows Vista and Microsoft Office 2007. But what you might not know is that these new milestones mark the first time that blogging can really be integrated between Movable Type Enterprise and two of the most popular software platforms in the world.

Now dont get me wrong. I used to like Six Apart, but again why use Microsoft Word. The future of companies is small. Small is the new big. I want tools that work for small businesses. Most small business owners I talk to are using Open Office, because its free.
Other’s use Google Docs.

I haven’t fired up Microsoft Word in ages. In fact I don’t know of very many people with a home edition copy of this software. I really want to get excited about MovableType. But the only way that’s going to happen is if they port that to PHP/MySQL for my entertainment. Give away all access for free and make it open source.

I know I’m dreaming. Anil Dash needs to find some new product to evangelize. Because he hasn’t been the most popular SA Evangelist, and he sure isn’t going to pass as Microsoft’s new product evangelist.

Originally posted on January 29, 2007 @ 2:11 pm

I’m not sure if I should laugh or be concerned.

Welcome to Gevil.org, the website dedicated to educating the public about the Evil nature of Google and the inherent flaws prevalent throughout their business model. From their colorful logo, to their “Do no evil” motto, Google has convinced the world that they are simply on a mission to improve the internet, the user experience, and life in general. Well my friends, the time has come for you to see what the search engine monopoly is really all about… greed.

Check out recently launched Gevil.org for some skeptic Google watching. Time will tell if it’s all just a crusade against a company that actually works, or serious digging in the works of Google. It is, however, great stuff for a Saturday morning post.

Personal extra cred from me to people who can relate to “Call it Gevil” in the right way…

Originally posted on January 27, 2007 @ 3:03 am

Lorelle have a great post up on curing WordPress 2.1 paranoia.

The biggest fear I hear over and over again is that people do not want to upgrade because they are afraid their WordPress Plugin won’t work. This is a good example of how important WordPress Plugins are to our WordPress blogs, as well as how dependent we’ve become on them.

Basically, there’s no reason not to head over to Lorelle’s and see what it’s all about. Sometimes there’s just nothing to add, even for me. Go figure…

Originally posted on January 26, 2007 @ 2:34 am

Nielsen Analytics are said to reveal a study, entitled Whatever, Whenever, Wherever: How Broadband Is Redefining the Economics of Television (phew!), today about the benefits of advertising in broadband-tight areas of the internet. We’re talking video ads here, or ads in conjunction with video clips at least.

“The study concludes that programrs have the opportunity to create new revenue models to benefit content owners and their affiliated stations,” said study author Larry Gerbrandt, head of Nielsen Analytics. “With broadband streams, for example, fast forwarding through commercials can be disabled making it more likely the consumers will watch the spots and possibly interact with them.”

This is, however, not at the expense of TV itself:

At the same time, the study affirms that viewing video on broadband platforms has not come at the expense of traditional TV watching for many viewers. Household television usage has climbed consistently by more than an hour per day during the past decade, peaking at an average of more than eight hours a day during the 2005-06 TV season.

The Hollywood Reporter has more, sharing parent company with Nielsen Analytics and all…

So they concluded that video ads are a good idea, and that YouTube haven’t replaced the telly yet? Great work, hopefully there are more interesting tidbits in the actual study. Or perhaps this is exactly what old media needs to hear, get tattooed in the forehead, slammed in print and newspaper. My guess is that most of the 901am readers silently breathes “duh” when reading about this. Don’t tell me I’m wrong…

Originally posted on January 24, 2007 @ 12:21 pm

There’s a special over at Forbes.com profiling 25 web celebrities and ranking them of course, as well as pointing to near misses and crossovers.

The Forbes.com Web Celeb 25 is a list of the biggest, brightest and most influential people on the Internet. From bloggers to podcasters to YouTube stars, these are the people who are creating the digital world from the bottom up.

OK, so it’s not journalism at its best, but it’s a bit of fun. Enjoy.

Originally posted on January 25, 2007 @ 5:31 am